- Saturday, March 01, 2025
BRITAIN and India agreed on Friday (22) to step up defence and business cooperation during a visit to New Delhi by Boris Johnson, who said a bilateral free-trade deal could be wrapped up by October. On his first visit to the Indian capital as UK prime minister, Johnson discussed with his Indian counterpart Narendra…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson gave his backing to his under-fire finance minister Rishi Sunak, saying he will remain in his job as the country’s second most powerful politician after the next cabinet reshuffle expected later this year. Sunak, once seen as a strong candidate to succeed Johnson, has faced a…
A charity walk has been organised by the combined efforts of the Lotus Trust and ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Manor to raise funds for needy Ukrainian refugees. The Lotus Trust started this campaign two months ago and has managed to initially serve thousands of warm vegetarian meals to refugees coming out of…
MUZMATCH, a leading Muslim dating and marriage app, has lost a long legal battle to keep its name. A court in the UK has ruled that the start-up had infringed on the trademark of multibillion-dollar company, Match Group, which claims to have “pioneered the concept of online dating” more than…
Britain and India agreed a “new and expanded” defence and security partnership on Friday, British prime minister Boris Johnson said in New Delhi. Johnson is visiting India just as he faces criticism from his own Conservative MPs and the embarrassing prospect of a probe into whether he lied to parliament…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni rolled back the years on Thursday with 16 runs off the last four balls of Chennai Super Kings’ successful chase over Mumbai Indians who are languishing at the bottom of IPL league. Dhoni remained unbeaten with 28 off 13 balls, with three fours and a six, against…
THE POPULARITY of the Indian multi-language movie KGF: Chapter 2 has caught the imagination of Manchester City. The English Premier League club posted a photo collage of three of its stars – Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan, and Phil Foden – on Instagram with the words “K.G.F, Kevin Gundo Foden” at the…
KGF Chapter 2 (2022) is unstoppable at the domestic box office in India. Not just on home turf, the film has been receiving an overwhelming response from different parts of the world. The Prashanth Neel directorial, which stars Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, and Srinidhi in lead roles, recently found a…
British MPs on Thursday triggered an investigation into allegations that prime minister Boris Johnson misled parliament in his initial responses to reports that he and his staff broke COVID-19 lockdown rules. Lawmakers approved a motion calling for a parliamentary committee to determine whether Johnson’s denials of rule-breaking amounted to a…
BORIS JOHNSON was accorded a cordial welcome when he landed in Gujarat on Thursday (21) as the British prime minister began his two-day trip to India. But the pomp and publicity that generally marks top world leaders’ visits to the south Asian country was conspicuously missing. Johnson was received at…
